And orangutan telling a story to a group of otters
And orangutan telling a story to a group of otters
Saturniidae Moth Caterpillar
Patterns of Nature
“The infinite works of nature, are woven together in a unity filled with marvelous patterns.” - Leonardo Da Vinci
Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and wellbeing (Nature, 2019) - by Mathew P. White, Ian Alcock, et.al.
Bird Trail. #Nature #Complexity
Quasicrystals - Israeli Found New Form of Matter Imagined in Islamic Art (2011)
"This year's Nobel prize in Chemistry will be awarded to Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman for his discovery of quasicrystals, metallic alloys with atoms arranged in orderly, infinite, aperiodic, crystal-like patterns with theoretically forbidden (typically 5 fold) symmetry. This form of matter was believed to be impossible to create."
"We finally know how fish swim so fast": https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.02410
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612609/we-finally-know-how-fish-swim-so-fast/
"Physicists have argued for 50 years over which of two theories explains how fish produce thrust. Now a computer simulation has provided the answer."
Can the 'Great Green Wall' stop desertification in China?
Two generations spent 55 years building world's largest man-made forest in Saihanba, N. China
The Friends Who Planted 10,000 Trees:
The miracle of Saihanba
Dongying, China: Growing Forests in Saline Soil
How China transformed its desert into a fruit growing oasis
China's Greening of the Vast Kubuqi Desert is a Model for Land Restoration Projects Everywhere:
NASA satellite pictures reveal China's expansion:
Why is Africa building a Great Green Wall? BBC News:
Iceland Is Growing New Forests for the First Time in 1,000 Years - a Short Film Showcase
24,480 Minutes with an Australian Tree Fern:
Maartje Dros http://maartjedros.nl
Dutch designers convert algae into bioplastic for 3D printing: https://www.dezeen.com/2017/12/04/dutch-designers-eric-klarenbeek-maartje-dros-convert-algae-biopolymer-3d-printing-good-design-bad-world/
Interview Eric Klarenbeek et Maartje Dros:
Incredible View Of General Sherman Tree, Sequoia National Park:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Sherman_%28tree%29
With a height of 83.8 meters, a diameter of 7.7 m, an estimated bole volume of 1,487 m3, and an estimated age of 2,300–2,700 years, it is nevertheless among the tallest, widest, and longest-lived of all trees on the planet.
"Building coral reef resilience through assisted evolution": https://www.pnas.org/content/112/8/2307 #Nature #Biology #ALife
Beyond "geo-engineering", there is "life-engineering". While currently a ethical minefield & mostly illegal, climate change change might change that soon.
Flowers respond to pollinator sound within minutes by increasing nectar sugar concentration: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/12/28/507319 #FFHCI #Nature